• Aging successfully in the changing Norwegian welfare state: A policy analysis framed by critical gerontology 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Ågotnes, Gudmund (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-07)
      Background and Objectives In the 21st century, the future of the Norwegian welfare state is broadly debated. In Norway, as in other countries, concerns regarding the sustainability and affordability of the welfare state in light of the projected population development have been voiced in public and academic discourse, and not least in governmental statements and documents. Since we consider texts, ...
    • Assisted living in rural areas: aging in blurred landscapes 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-26)
      In this article we explore the experiences and practices of care in the context of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in rural areas from the perspectives of family members, health care professionals, and senior citizen interest group representatives. Specifically, we focus on the potential for ALFs to safeguard and unify the health care policy ambitions of equity, quality, and aging in place. Focus ...
    • Being and becoming ‘a frail older adult’: Meaning-making and resistance through storytelling 

      Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-10)
      By inquiring into older adults' narrations about their lives in the present, past, and future, this study aims to learn more about home-dwelling older adults' lived experiences of being and becoming “frail”. This article is based on a dialogical narrative analysis of interviews with three home-dwelling older adults identified as frail by the home care services. We conducted a series of three interviews ...
    • Brukermedvirkning og representasjon i helse- og omsorgsforskning 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-14)
      Bakgrunn: Brukermedvirkning er et krav i helse- og omsorgsforskning og antas å bidra til at forskningen er relevant for dem den gjelder, og at kunnskapen blir tatt i bruk. I artikkelen diskuterer vi brukermedvirkning i forskning med utgangspunkt i kravet om kollektiv representasjon (at man representerer en gruppe og ikke kun seg selv). <br>Metode: Artikkelen er en casestudie basert på en ...
    • Clinicians’ assumptions about Sami culture and experience providing mental health services to Indigenous patients in Norway 

      Dagsvold, Inger; Møllersen, Snefrid; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-06)
      This qualitative study explores Sami and non-Sami clinicians’ assumptions about Sami culture and their experiences in providing mental health services to Sami patients. The aim is to better understand and improve the ways in which culture is incorporated into mental health services in practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 clinicians in mental health outpatient clinics in the ...
    • Considering Silences in Narrative Inquiry: An Intergenerational Story of a Sami Family 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Caine, Vera; Clandinin, D. Jean; Berendonk, Charlotte (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-03)
      Through coming alongside a Sami family, we open spaces to contemplate multiple forms of silence. We argue that rather than the antithesis to narrative, silence is an integral part of narrative inquiry. As narrative inquirers we need to be wakeful to what is told and also untold, often simultaneously. We believe that narrative inquiry is not necessarily about breaking silences, but it is also about ...
    • The construction of Sami identity, health, and old age in policy documents and life stories. A discourse analysis and a narrative study. 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2014-01-17)
      During their lifetimes, the current cohort of elderly Sami in Norway witnessed tremendous social changes regarding the situation of the Sami people. The overall aim of the study was to explore how elderly Sami’s experiences of health and identity in old age are worked and expressed in the stories they tell about their lives. The thesis is based on a discourse analysis of Norwegian policy documents ...
    • Demografisk utvikling og potensialet for uformell omsorg i Norge 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Stalsberg, Helge; Moholt, Jill-Marit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-11)
      Bakgrunn: Myndighetene har forventninger om at bidrag fra pårørende og frivillige i omsorg for hjemmeboende eldre skal opprettholdes på dagens nivå eller økes i fremtiden. I artikkelen undersøker vi potensialet for uformell omsorg med utgangspunkt i den demografiske utviklingen frem mot 2040. Metode: Med utgangspunkt i folketall fra 2018 og Statistisk sentralbyrås befolkningsframskrivinger 2018–2040 ...
    • En kritisk refleksjon over betydningen av kultur i møter mellom innvandrere og helse- og omsorgstjenester 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Entangling Reciprocity With the Relational in Narrative Inquiry 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Clandinin, D. Jean; Steeves, Pamela; Caine, Vera (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-05)
      In this article, we develop, through drawing forward fragments of our experiences, a concept of reciprocity as always situated within the relational ontology of narrative inquiry. Reciprocity is most commonly understood within a transactional sense, an exchange of goods. We show important aspects of reciprocity in narrative inquiry, including the importance of intentionally creating and responding ...
    • Erfaringer med deltakelse på kommunale pårørendeskoler 

      Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Moholt, Jill-Marit; Hamran, Torunn; Henriksen, Nils Oddbjørn; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-25)
      <p><i>Bakgrunn:</i> Det er sterke helsepolitiske føringer for at personer med demens skal bo hjemme så lenge som mulig, og det forventes at pårørende skal bidra i omsorgsarbeidet. Pårørendeskolen skal bidra til læring og mestring hos pårørende. <p><i>Metode:</i> Studien er basert på kvalitative intervju med 16 pårørende som hadde deltatt på pårørendeskoler i nordnorske kommuner i perioden 2010–2017. ...
    • Experiences of Being Significant Others to Older Adults with Frailty Living Alone in Rural Arctic Norway: A Qualitative Study 

      Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)
      <p><b>Purpose:</b> Our aim in this study was to explore how significant others experience being “significant” to older adults living alone with frailty in rural Arctic areas in northern Norway. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and growing faster in rural- than in urban areas. Due to out-migration of the younger generations, many significant others live far from the older ...
    • Factors affecting the use of home-based and out-of-home respite care services: A survey of family caregivers of older persons with dementia in Northern Norway 

      Moholt, Jill-Marit; Friborg, Oddgeir; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Henriksen, Nils Oddbjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-15)
      <i><p>Background</i>: Family caregivers contribute substantially to the care for older home-dwelling people with dementia, although community healthcare services tend to be underutilized. In this study, we aimed to explore the use and predictors of use of home-based and out-of-home respite care services available to older home-dwelling persons with dementia, as reported by the family caregivers.</ ...
    • Family caregivers’ involvement in decision-making processes regarding admission of persons with dementia to nursing homes 

      Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-23)
      The current Western health policy of ageing in place relies on a triad collaboration among patients, healthcare service providers and family caregivers. Such collaborations presuppose involvement in a vague juridical landscape. This article explores family caregivers’ experiences with involvement in and influence on nursing home decision-making processes for persons with dementia. The data consist ...
    • From volunteer work to informal care by stealth: a ‘new voluntarism’ in social democratic health and welfare services for older adults 

      Ågotnes, Gudmund; Moholt, Jill-Marit; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-09)
      In the context of current and expected demographic changes, the issues of which services the welfare state should offer and, ultimately, the very function of the welfare state are currently debated in Norway. The political discourse on health and care services for older adults has morphed into an accepted reality in which the system must be altered, prompting policy makers and stakeholders to find ...
    • The Importance of Untold and Unheard Stories in Narrative Gerontology: Reflections on a Field Still in the Making from a Narrative Gerontologist in the Making 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In this essay, I consider the limitations and possibilities of narrative gerontology. I reflect upon narrative gerontology’s fundamental dependence on people’s narrative willingness. I discuss both the reasons that stories remain untold and the reasons they remain unheard. Furthermore, I suggest that narrative gerontology would benefit from a stronger focus on the act and context of storytelling ...
    • Indigenous Life Stories as Narratives of Health and Resistance: A dialogical narrative analysis 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn; Normann, Hans Ketil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2012)
      The Sami people have historically been exposed to severe assimilation processes. The objective of this study was to explore elderly Samis' experiences of health. A total of 19 elderly Sami individuals in Norway were interviewed. This article is a dialogical narrative analysis of the life stories of 3 Sami women. The life stories are perceived as narratives of health and resistance. Postcolonial ...
    • Indigenous Sami Family Caregivers’ Experiences With Accessing and Collaborating With Municipal Health and Care Services 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Munkejord, Mai Camilla (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-14)
      Previous research has indicated that Indigenous Sami families in Norway use public home-based care services less often than their non-Sami peers. Based on qualitative interviews with Sami family caregivers, we explore what they experience as barriers to accessing public care services for older adults living with dementia, and how they experience collaborating with care services providers. Through a ...
    • Introduksjon til spesialnummer om etnisk og kulturelt mangfold i helse- og omsorgstjenestene i kommunene 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen; Glasdam, Stinne; Jacobsen, Frode F. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-12)
      Tidligere i år (2022) berørte journalist i Klassekampen Yohan Shanmugaratnam mange med sin lesning av Karpes siste plate Omar Sheriff. I sin tekst skriver han at «Karpe setter ord på migrantenes melankoli», og han skriver om sin foreldregenerasjon, «som bare har jobbet og holdt kjeft, uten at noen har invitert dem til Dagsnytt 18 [norsk nyhets- og debattprogram] for å snakke om ytringsrommet eller ...
    • ”Korthuset” : sykepleieres erfaringer med elektronisk sykepleiedokumentasjon i egen praksis. 

      Blix, Bodil Hansen (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2005)
      Denne mastergradsoppgaven tar utgangspunkt i følgende tema: Sykepleieres erfaringer med elektronisk sykepleiedokumentasjon (ESD) i egen praksis. Betydningen av nytt dokumentasjonsverktøy for utveksling og utvikling av kunnskap i praksis. Arbeidet tar utgangspunkt i halvstrukturerte intervju med seks sykepleiere som bruker ESD i sin praksis. Tema for intervjuene er sykepleiernes egne erfaringer med ...